Oct 31, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Faculty and Administrative Emeriti


BENNY BLAYLOCK, Professor Emeritus of Toxicology
Ph.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

WILLIAM M. BOURN, Dean Emeritus of Pharmacy
Ph.D., University of Arizona


GLORIA C. BRANTLEY, Professor Emerita of Computer and Office Information Systems
Ed.D., Oklahoma State University


DAVID S. BYRD, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Louisville


BOB N. CAGE, Professor Emeritus of Education
Ph.D., Iowa State University


HENRY WILSON CAMPBELL, Professor Emeritus of Kinesiology
Ed.D., University of Southern Mississippi


JOHN CARR, Professor Emeritus of Biology
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University


RICHARD BRUCE CHARDKOFF, Professor Emeritus of History
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Ph.D., Florida State University


JOYCE S. CHOATE, Professor Emerita of Education
Ed.D., University of Memphis


MARK ROSS CLARKProfessor Emeritus of Music
B.M., M.M., Indiana University; D.M.A., University of Washington

JAN CORDER, Dean Emerita of the College of Health Sciences
D.S.N., University of Alabama at Birmingham


DAISY DANIELS, Professor Emerita of Home Economics
Ed.D., Oklahoma State University


VIRGINIA EATON, Professor Emerita of Computer Science
Ed.D., Vanderbilt University

MAYNARD M. DOLECHECK, Professor Emeritus of Management
Ph.D., University of Alabama


NEIL H. DOUGLAS, Professor Emeritus of Biology
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University


DANIEL E. DUPREE, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Dean Emeritus
Ph.D., Auburn University


ROBERT EISENSTADT, Professor Emeritus of Economics
Ph.D., Georgia State University

H.T. GARNER, Dean Emeritus of the Graduate School
Ed.D., University of Arkansas


FLORENCETTA H. GIBSON, Professor Emerita of Nursing
Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Monroe


MAURY MARTIN HARAWAY, Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Mississippi


F.L. HARMON, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
M.A., University of Mississippi


JACK R. HEFLIN, Professor Emeritus of English
B.A., M.A., University of Missouri; M.F.A., University of Montana

RODERICK HICKMAN, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
M.A., George Peabody College


CHARLES HOLLOWAY, Professor Emeritus of Spanish
Ph.D., Louisiana State University


T. EUGENE HOLTZCLAW, Professor Emeritus of Education
Ed.D., University of Arkansas


ANN KAPP, Professor Emerita of Home Economics and Department Head Emerita
Ed.D., Oklahoma State University


BETTE J. KAUFFMAN, Professor Emerita of Communication
B.A., University of Iowa; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania


R. DEAN KERR, Professor Emeritus of Educational Administration
Ed.D., University of Missouri


LYNN LEBLANC, Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences
Ph.D., Texas A&M University


HELEN LOCK, Professor Emerita of English
Ph.D., University of Virginia


DERLE R. LONGDirector Emeritus of Music
B.M.E., M.M.Ed., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi


DONNA WALTON LUSEProfessor Emerita of Business Communication
B.S., M.Ed., Northeast Louisiana University; Ph.D., University of North Texas


ERNEST G. MAPLES, Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Mississippi


JOHN FLEMING McCLELLAND, Professor Emeritus of English
Ph.D., University of Georgia


PAUL S. NELSON, Professor Emeritus of Economics
B.S., University of Texas at Arlington; Ph.D., Texas A&M University

MERRILL S. NICKLAS, Professor Emeritus of Management and Dean Emeritus
Ed.D., University of Arkansas


WILLIAM W. NORRIS, Professor Emeritus of Biology
Ph.D., Louisiana State University


LEA T. OLSAN, Professor Emerita of English and Foreign Languages
Ph.D., Tulane University


ERIC A. PANI, Vice President for Academic Affairs Emeritus
Ph.D., Texas Tech University

ROY C. PARISHProfessor Emeritus of Clinical Pharmacy
Pharm.D., University of Florida


DAVIS W. PRITCHETT, JR., Professor Emeritus of Biology
B.S., Arkansas Polytechnic College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Arkansas, Fayetteville


GARY LYNN RATCLIFFProfessor Emeritus of Art
B.A., Greenville College; M.F.A., Texas A&M Commerce

STEPHEN P. RICHTERS, Vice President for Academic Affairs Emeritus
Ph.D., Brown University

WILLIAM RYAN, Professor Emeritus of English
B.A., Montclair State College; M.A., Colorado State University; M.F.A., University of Massachusetts

LINDA E. SABIN, Professor Emerita of Nursing
Ph.D., University of Mississippi


PAMELA HIGGINS SAULSBERRYProfessor Emerita of Social Work
B.A., Colorado State University; M.S.W., University of Denver; Ph.D. Jackson State University; L.C.S.W., Louisiana


EDWARD E. SCHUTZ, Professor Emeritus of Art
Ed.D., University of North Texas


DONALD R. SMITH,  Professor Emeritus of Library Science
B.A., M.A., M.S.Ed.., Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville; M.A.L.S., University of Missouri

GARY STRINGER, Professor Emeritus of Geology
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi


LUKE THOMAS, Professor Emeritus of Kinesiology
Ph.D., Louisiana State University


R. DALE THOMAS, Professor Emeritus of Biology
Ph.D., University of Tennessee


CATHERINE D. VAUGHAN, Professor Emerita of Education
Ed.D., University of Southern Mississippi


WILLIAM A. WALKER, Professor Emeritus of History
Ph.D., University of Texas


JACK WHITE, Director of Bands Emeritus
M.M., Louisiana State University


STANLEY G. WILLIAMSON, Professor Emeritus of Management
Ph.D., University of North Texas